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Application March 17, 1954, Serial No. 416,803

20 Claims. (Cl. 45-24) This invention relates to a device for receivingand holding draperies and has as a primary purpose the fixing to size inrespect to vertical and transverse dimensions of the draperies afterthey have been cleaned and finally dried. The structure involved in theinvention retains the draperies at both the bottom and top ends in fixedspacings and also causes pleats to be formed in the draperies ofpredetermined lateral spacing apart as well as depth.

By reason of the use of this particular invention, dry cleaners mayguarantee that draperies after being cleaned may be returned to theowners in proper shape, such as having the hemline square with the sideedges, and having the vertical and lateral dimensions correctlypreserved.

Heretofore, much difiiculty has been encountered in dry cleaningdraperies in that when the draperies have been finally cleaned andpressed, they have departed considerably from their original sizes withthe result that the customer is very much dissatisfied with the results,particularly when the draperies are rehung and they show signs of havingbeen shrunk or becoming out of square so that the corners or even middleportion of the draperies do not hang evenly across the lower edges.Furthermore, the original pleats havedisappeared from the draperiesfollowing the dry cleaning, and they have heretofore been usuallyrestored simply by using the fingers to attempt to press them in afterthe draperies have been rehung.

By use of my invention, the draperies have, as above indicated, been drycleaned and then have the pleats restored therein during a pressingoperation as will be hereinafter described in detail.

These and many other objects and advantages of the invention includingease of operation as well as accuracy in securing the end result sought,and also including a relatively low cost of production, will becomeapparent to those versed in the art in the following description of oneparticular form of the invention as illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Fig. l is a view in front elevation and partialsection of a structure involving the invention;

Fig. 2 is a view in right hand end elevation;

Fig. 3 is a View in left hand end elevation.

Fig. 4 is a detail on an enlarged scale in front elevation of ameasuring indicator;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view in partial section of the drapery upper endholder box;

Fig. 6 is a view on an enlarged scale in transverse vertical section online 6-6, Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a detail in rear elevation of an operating mechanism forcontrolling the rear elevation of the upper end finger cage;

Fig. 8 is a transverse, horizontal section through the structureimmediately above the lower draper finger frame; Fig. 9 is a verticalsection on the line 9-9 in Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a detail in vertical section on the line 10-10 in Fig. 8;

Fig. 11 is a detail in vertical section on the line 1111 in Fig. 8;

Fig. 12 is a view in end elevation and section of the lower fingerframe;

Fig. 13 is a diagrammatic view in vertical section showing the draperyheld between the upper and lower fingers;

Fig. 14 is a detail in top plan of the finger engagement with the upperend of the drapery; and

Fig. 15 is a view in horizontal section on the line 1515 in Fig. 13.

Referring to Figs. 1-4, there is formed any suitable 2,699,010 PatentedJan. 11, 1955 housing generally designated by the numeral 20, hereinshown as being rectangular in cross-section and extending to a heightabove the supporting base 21 sufficiently to receive therein the fulllength of the longest drapery to be handled. Also the structure issufliciently wide to receive the widest drapery to be handled.

At the lower end of the structure or cabinet 20, there is mountedpreferably above the floor level a finger frame 22 to be horizontallydisposed. In the form herein shown, this frame 22 is supported above thefloor 23 of the cabinet 20 by means of a pair of brackets 24 and 25, theexact means of support being immaterial so long as they are rigid. Belowthe frame 22 is a coil 26 for admission of steam into the cabinet 20.The exact conformation and location of the coil 26 again is immaterialso long as the coil 26 will fill the interior of the cabinet 20 withsteam for sufficient steaming or moistening of the draperies as may berequired.

An upper finger carrying box 27 is carried by the cabinet 20 to be abovethe frame 22. This box 27 has a bracket 28 on one end and a bracket 29on the other end each extending through a vertically disposed slot 30and 31 respectively in the end panels 32 and 33 respectively of thecabinet 20. These brackets 28 and 29 are secured to flights 33a and 34of endless chains 35 and '36 respectively. These chains extend aroundupper sprockets 37 and 38 fixed on a shaft 39 extending across the upperportion of the cabinet 20, in such manner that the chains 35 and 36 arefree to travel. The chains 35 and 36 also extend around lower sprockets40 and 41. Since the two sprockets 37 and 38 are tied together, thesprockets being fixed on the shaft 39, the box brackets 28 and 29 aremaintained at fixed horizontal elevations regardless of the travel ofthe box 27 in accordance with the movement of the chains.

The box 27 is to be raised and lowered in respect to the fixed positionof the frame 22. In order to accomplish this travel of the box 27, athird endless chain 42 is employed to have its upper portion Wrap aroundthe sprocket 43 which is fixed to the shaft 39 and extending on throughthe sprocket 38, and then this chain 42 is carried down to wrap around asprocket 44 at some suitable height, herein shown as on that side of thecabinet 20 as appears the side or end panel 33. The sprocket 44 is fixedon a short shaft 45 which extends outwardly from the panel 33 through abracket 4-6, and a handle 47 is fixed to the shaft 45 outside of thebracket 46 as a means of revolving the shaft 45 and thus carrying thechain 42 around the sprocket 44. In so doing, both chains 35 and 36 arecaused to move in unison and thereby carry the box 27 horizontallyupwardly or downwardly depending upon the direction of turning of thecrank 47. To hold the box 27 against dropping either by gravity ordownward pull thereon, there is fixed on the shaft 45 a ratchet wheel 48against which a pawl 49 may bear. The teeth of the wheel 48 are sodirected that the 'dog 49 will engage therewith to prevent downwardtravel of the box 27. For easier and more positive turning of the shaft45, a ratchet lever 50 having a hub 51 mounted on the shaft 45interconnected therewith through a ratchet mechanism may be employed,the ratchet mechanism not being shown in detail since it does not form apart of my invention per se. It becomes desirable in the operation ofthe device to know the exact spacing apart of the box 27 from the frame22, and in order to give this information, there is provided a measuringdevice, herein shown as in the form of a tape 52, flexible in nature,and of that type which is normally retractable Within a housing 53. Thefree end of the tape 52 is carried from the housing 53 and in thepresent instance, fixed to the bracket 29 so that when the box 27 iscarried upwardly, the tape 52 will give an indication of the spacingapart of the box 27 from the frame 22, the tape 52 being calibrated sothat it may be read directly. The housing 53 in the present showing ismounted on the end panel 33, Fig. 2, on which side all of the controldevices are located.

The front of the cabinet 20 has an upper closure 54, and a door 55 isprovided so that it may be pulled downwardly to close off the entirefront opening between the under edge 56 of the panel 54 and the floor 23whereby steam 3 may be confined in the cabinet 20, although some mayescape through the vertical slots 30 and 31, but not in any appreciableamount, since the interior of the cabinet is not intended to bepressurized.

The frame 22 is generally rectangular in shape as viewed from the top,and is extensible and retractable in fore and aft directions. In theform herein shown, the frame 22 has a rear angle iron frame 55 withforwardly extending legs 56 and 57. A front angle iron member 58 extendsentirely across the front side and has rearwardly turned legs 59 and 60.The legs 59 and 60 have their vertical portions sliding over the outsidefaces of the legs 56 and 57, and also carry overturned lips 61 and 62respectively to hold the legs 59 and 60 up against the legs 56 and 57 sothat the front portion of the frame 22 actually telescopes over theforward end portions of the legs 56 and 57, a detail in respect to thelegs 56 and 59 being shown in Fig. ll.

The rear portion 55 of the frame 22 carries a shaft 64 along its backportion, and on this shaft are alternately placed forwardly extendingwork fingers 65 and intervening spacer spool 66, 15 of these fingersbeing herein shown, although the exact number is not to be limited bythat figure. These fingers 65 and spacer spool 66 are free to slidealong the shaft 64. Also the fingers 65 are free to revolve therearound.These fingers extend forwardly from the shaft 64 to rest normally on astrip 67 which is carried on a bar 68 extending between the legs 56 and57, and fixed thereto, Fig. 9. These fingers 65 normally rest on thisstrip 67 freely and may be lifted upwardly therefrom without anyrestrictions. A number of hold down fingers 69, herein shown as four innumber, are spaced along the shaft 64 between fingers, herein shown asbetween a finger and a short length spacer spool 70. These hold downfingers, illustrated on an enlarged scale in Fig. 10, are long enough toextend downwardly and over the forward edge of the forwardly turned leg71 of the angle iron forming the back member 55, and further thesefingers 69 are notched out as at 72 so that they normally will hook overthe forward edge of this leg 71, whereby upward pull on the shaft 64will not permit it to spring upwardly by reason of these fingers 69resisting that upward pull. On the other hand, these fingers 69 are freeto slide along the leg 71 should the fingers 65 be required to be spaceddifferently therealong. Also they may be released simply by rocking themaround and upwardly.

In like manner, a shaft 73 is carried along inside of the forwardlypositioned frame member 58 to be fixed thereto at its ends in anysuitable manner, and there are slidingly carried along this shaft 73 aplurality of rearwardly ex tending fingers 74, herein shown as 14 innumber, these fingers 74 being sufiiciently long to extend betweenadjacent fingers 65 and rest by their rear free ends over the strip 67,Fig. 8. The amount of overlap of the adjacent fingers 65 and 74 isdetermined by the spacings of the member 58 from the member 55.

To control the overlapping of these fingers 65 and 74 by their freeends, there is carried across the front side of the member 58 a shaft 75extending revolubly through brackets 76 and 77, these brackets beingspaced apart. Each bracket 76 and 77 carries a worm 78 and 79respectively which is in constant mesh with worm wheels 80 and 81respectively. These wheels 80 and 81 are fixed on the outer ends ofshafts 82 and 83 supported at their forward ends by the brackets 76 and77 and these shafts 82 and 83 extend rearwardly to screw-threadedlyengage in brackets 84 and 85 fixed to the under side of the bar 68, Fig.12. The shaft 75 extends on out through a horizontally disposed slot 86through the end panel 33, and

carries an operating handle 87 on its outer end whereby the turning ofthe handle or crank 87 will turn the shaft 75 and thus turn the shafts82 and 83 and advance or retract the forward frame member 58 in respectto the rear member 55. To give a visual indication of the degree of thelapping of the free ends of the fingers 65 and 74, there is provided anarm 88 fixed to the leg 60 and extending through a slot 89 in the endpanel 33 to engage with a needle 90 which is swung by horizontal travelof the arm 88 over a card 91. This card 91 may be graduated to give theamount of travel and the overlapping of these fingers.

The upper box 27 has front and back rails 92 and 93 interengaged inspaced apart relation by end plates 94 and 95. The brackets 28 and 29are fixed respectively to these plates 94 and 95, Fig. 5.

On the top of the box 27 there rests freely a cage 96 having front andback members 97 and 98 respectively, these members having inclined faces99 and 100 respectively in the present showing, although thisinclination is not essential to the invention. The front and back rails97 and 98 are tied together at their ends by the crossrails 101 and 102respectively. Between these rails 101 and 102 there is supported a shaft103 adjacent the rear rail 98. On the shaft 103 there are carried aplurality of fingers 104, herein shown as 28 in number, the exact numberdepending upon the width of the drapery to be handled and the number ofpleats to be carried or formed therein. As is to be noted in Fig. 6,each of these fingers 104 has a front end 105 shaped in relation to thelength of the finger to bear substantially by its full area against theinside face of the rail 97. The shaft 103 is mounted toward the loweredges of the rails 101102 and the rear rail 98, as best shown in Fig. 6so that the finger 104 will slope upwardly from the shaft 103 to theupper edge of the rail 97, by the top surface at least of the finger104. Furthermore, the finger 104 in each instance is formed to have aheel 106 which will normally rest on the top side of the box rail 93when the front end 105 bears against the rail 97. The thickness of thelower edge of the rail 98 is made to be less than the thickness of therail 93, that is the thickness measured horizontally across those railsso that a shoulder 187 is left entirely along the upper edge of the rail93 forwardly of the lower edge of the cage rail 98. The relationship ofthe heel 106 to the shoulder 107 is such that downward pull on thefingers 104 will cause the heel 106 to bear against the shoulder 107while at the same time the front end 105 is compressibly urged againstthe inside face of the rail 97.

However in this type of construction, the finger 104 cannot be hingedupwardly about the shaft 103 on ac count of the heel 106 striking theshoulder 107. Therefore the cage has to be rocked to some such positionas indicated by the dash lines in Fig. 6, and this is accomplished bymeans of a lever 108 pivoted to the box rail 93 by its lower end at apivot axis 169 spaced below the top of the rail 93. A link 110 ispivoted by one end to the lower portion of the cage rail 98 at the pivotaxis 111, and has its other end pivotly connected to the lever 188intermediate its ends at the pivot axis 112, Fig. 7. When the lever 188is rocked down to the position shown by solid line, the cages rail 98will rest on the top of the box rail 93, and when the lever 108 isrocked to the left as viewed in Fig. 7, to the dash line position, thelink 1.10 will come around into parallelism with the lever 108 and thuslift the cage by its rear portion to the dash line position as shown inFigs. 6 and 7. in this regard, it is essential that the forward rail 97be anchored against forward travel across the rail 92 of the box, andthis is accomplished by any means such as by providing the upturned stopmembers 113 and 114 fixed respectively to the front side of the box rail92 so that the lower edge of the front rail 97 of the cage may bearthereagainst. These stop members 113 and 114 also serve to limit theforward travel of the finger 104 in respect to its heel bearing on theshoulder 107.

Operation The drapery is first dry-cleaned in the usual and well knownmanner, and brought to the device constituting the present invention ina dry state. The box 27 is lowered to a convenient height, and thedrapery 115, Fig. 13 is brought by its upper end up through the box Y27.and brought forwardly against the rail 97, the fingers 194 havingpreviously been rocked rearwardly to permit the drapery to be pulled upfreely within the box.

Referring to Fig. 14, finger 104a is lowered and a length 115a of thedrapery 115 is placed thereagainst; the next finger 104/) is lowered tocome along the side of the length 1150, and have a length 115 of thedrapery extend across the front of the finger 1041') whereupon thefinger 1'84/2 is pushed downwardly to compressibly engage the draperyportion 115!) against the rail 97; a drapery portion 115:: is carriedalong the side of the finger 104b, folded as at 115d and back alongitself by the portion 115a and then around the front end of the nextfinger 104a and so on with the succeeding fingers 104 across the top endportion of the drapery. As indicated in Fig. 13, a portion of thedrapery 115 may extend above the rail 97 particularly where there is atraverse hem provided thereon. The width of the drapery portions 115aand 1150 and 115a will be substantially equal, and will normally alreadyhave been sewed into the top of the drapery so that such preformedpleats will serve as guides, although the preformed pleats do notnecessarily have to be present since they may be formed as aboveindicated. After the drapery has thus been engaged by the fingers 104,the box 27 may be elevated so that the lower end of the drapery may thenbe over the fingers 65 and 74. These fingers will have been rocked abouttheir respective shafts 64 and 73 to permit the drapery to come down andhang by its lower end onto the member 67, and then the drapery will beengaged by its lower end in a manner indicated in Fig. 15, where thedrapery has its lower end portions folded around the fingers 65 and 74in a sinuous manner, the ends of the fingers being lapped one past theother in accordance with the depth of pleats to be desired in thefinished drapery. When these fingers 65 and 74 have been so brought intoengagement with the drapery, they are clamped laterally in compressiveengagement through the drapery folds so that the length of the draperyis held. This clamping arrangement is herein shown in one particularform as consisting of a screw-threaded shaft 116 having an outer endoperating wheel 117 to cause the shaft 116 to be screw-threadedlyadvanced through the bracket 118 by a foot 119 bearing against the firstappearing finger which is a finger 65 in the present showing, Fig. 8. Bytightening up the wheel 117, the fingers are compressibly interengagedthrough the lower end of the drapery so that they are effectively lockedagainst being raised from the transverse member 67.

In this regard, the upper fingers 104 have been compressibly urged onetowards the other through the intervening folds of the drapery 115 bymeans of a similar clamping device consisting of the operating wheel 120fixed on the end of a screw shaft 121 screw-threadedly passing throughthe cross rail 101 of the finger cage and forcing a foot 123 against thefirst appearing finger 104 so that all of these fingers may becompressed one against the other and thus prevent the drapery fromslipping downwardly from between the fingers themselves and also frombetween the fingers and the forward rail 97.

The upper box 27 is then raised from the lower frame 22 by manipulationof the crank 47 or the ratchet lever 50, and the elevation maintained bymeans of the pawl engaging the wheel 48. In this manner, the drapery maybe engaged and stretched to some extent into its proper r dimensions tobe square across both the top and bottom ends in respect to the verticaledges, and also to have the correct vertical dimensions on both edges aswell as throughout the central area. The drapery had been previouslymeasured when it first came into the drycleaning plant, and a record ofthe dimensions has been kept, so that the depth of pleats may be knownin advance in order to set the fingers 65 and 74 in the requiredoverlapping arrangement by means of the crank handle 87 as determined bythe reading of the card 91. Also the overall length of the drapery isdetermined by pulling the box 27 upwardly to the dimension which willgive the original length of the drapery all as determined by the readingof the tape 52.

The door 55 is then pulled closed, and steam is admitted to the interiorof the cabinet 20 from the coil 26, so that the drapery is thoroughlysteamed while it is being held in the required position in respect toits demensions, and after a thorough steaming, then the steam is shutoff, and warm air is admitted to the cabinet 20 by some suitable meanssuch as through a duct 125, Fig. 1. Preferably the air should be quiteturbulent within the cabinet 20, so that the drapery is uniformly driedthroughout, for best results. This drying is accomplished while thedrapery is held to give the precise dried shape in respect to pleats anddimensions in respect to the overall height as well as the overallwidth. Following the drying, the door 55 is opened, and the box 27allowed to remain in its upper position or slightly lowered while thefingers 65 and 74 are released by turning out the wheel 117 to permitthe lower end of the drapery to be pulled from therebetween andtherearound, whereupon the box 27 may then be lowered so that excess maybe had to the upper fingers 104 which are released from theircompressive engagement by turning out the upper wheel 120 '6 to permitthe fingers 104 to be rocked around out of the way. The drapery is thencompleted in respect to its cleaning and pressing and may be folded intothe diesired delivery form, such as longitudinally along the p eats.

While I have shown and described my invention in the one particular formin more or less minute detail, it is obvious that structural variationsmay be employed without departing from the spirit of the invention, andI therefore do not desire to be limited to that precise form beyond thelimitations which may be imposed by the following claims.

I claim:

1. For a drapery sizer, the combination of a lower finger frame; anupper finger box; a rail across one side of said box; a plurality ofdrapery engaging fingers hingedly supported by the box to swingvertically downwardly against said rail; a plurality of pairs of draperyengaging fingers hingedly carried by said lower frame, the lower framefingers being mounted to swing vertically on spaced apart axes and havefree ends overlap side by side; both said box fingers and said lowerframe fingers being shiftable horizontally on their hinge axes; meansforcing said box fingers one laterally toward the other; means forcingsaid lower fingers laterally toward the other; and means shifting apartsaid box and said frame one from the other; the upper end of the draperybeing engaged across the end portions of said box fingers and compressedagainst said rail by downward pull on the drapery, and said firstlateral compressing means compressibly engaging folds of the draperybetween the box fingers; and the lower end of the drapery being foldedaround and between the ends of the overlapping lower frame fingers andheld against travel therefrom by said second forcing means gripping thedrapery folds therebetween.

2. The structure of claim 1 in which said lower frame finger axes areshiftable longitudinally one in respect to the other for variable fingerend overlapping.

3. The structure of claim 1 in which there is a stop bar limitingdownwardly swinging of said lower fingers in respect to said frame.

4. The structure of claim 1 in which there is means actuated by travelof said box visually indicating the spacing of the upper fingers fromsaid lower fingers, and means visually indicating the amount of overlapof said lower fingers.

5. The structure of claim 1 in which there is means retaining said boxat a selected position spaced from said frame to hold said drapery undertension between said upper and lower fingers.

drapery sizer and shaper comprising a cabinet; a finger frame carried infixed position at one portion of the cabinet; a plurality of fingerscarried by said frame along laterally spaced apart axes, one axis alongone side of the frame and the other axis along the other side of theframe, the fingers having lengths extending from their respective axesand overlapping by free ends across a central Zone of the frame; meanslimiting swinging of the fingers back of a predetermined level; acarrier of a second set of fingers traversably mounted in said cabinet;means shifting said carrier for variable spacing from said frame;fingers rockably carried by said carrier about an axis spaced to oneside thereof; and a rail against which, end portions of said carrierfingers are rockable in a direction toward said frame.

7. The structure of claim 6 in which there is means carried by saidframe for variable spacing apart of said frame finger axes.

8. The structure of claim 6 in which there is clamping means urging saidframe finger free ends longitudinally of the finger rocking axes onetoward the other.

9. The structure of claim 8 in which there is a second clamping meansurging said carrier fingers one against another.

10. The structure of claim 6 in which there is an endless chain carriedover sprockets at opposite end portions, along each of the sides of saidcabinet; one set of common cabinet end sprockets being fixed to revolvein unison one with the other; said carrier being interconnected withcommon flights of said chains as means for said carrier traversing ofthe cabinet; and means retaining said carrier at selected spacedpositions from said frame.

11. A drapery sizer and shaper comprising a set of fingers; a rail,toward which said fingers normally swing; the upper end of said draperybeing compressed by ends of said fingers carrying said drapery againstsaid rail, the fingers approaching said rail in inclined directions tohave drapery pull tend to bring the fingers toward right angledpositions with the rail in respect to direction of the drapery extendingtherefrom; a second set of fingers sidelapping by free ends and betweenwhich ends the lower end portion of the drapery is carried in a sinuousmanner; means urging said second fingers laterally one toward the otherto engage compressibly therebetween said lower drapery end portion; andmeans carrying apart said first fingers and rail from said second set offingers for setting up tension in the drapery therebetween.

12. The structure of claim 11 in which said second finger compressingmeans retains the second fingers against travel in respect to their freeends toward the first fingers.

13. The structure of claim 11 in which there is means to vary the degreeof said second fingers sidelapping.

1.4. The structure of claim 11 in which there is a second finger restingbar limiting travel of the fingers initially oppositely from subsequentdrapery pull.

15. The structure of claim 11 in which there is means confining saidfingers carrying apart means to parallel travel as between respectivelines of drapery engagement by said two sets of fingers.

16. The structure of claim 11 in which said first set of fingers may belaterally separated to let upper drapery end portions entertherebetween, and a second clamping means urging said upper fingers onetoward the other to engage said upper drapery end portions therebetweencompressibly and retain said engagement under said drapery tension.

17. The structure of claim 13 in which there is a gauge operable byrelative travel of said second finger ends along each other indicatingdegree of finger overlap comparable to depth of pleats to be formed inthe drapery.

18. The structure of claim 11 in which there is a measuring deviceoperable by travel apart of said two sets of fingers to indicate thespacing thereapart for finished sizing and shaping of the drapery.

19. The structure of claim 11 in which said first fingers are rockableabout a shaft spaced laterally from said rail; said fingers each havinga heel back of said shaft; a shoulder on which said heel normally reststo relieve said shaft from bending stress under said drapery tension;and means for lifting said shaft permitting clearance of said heel fromsaid shoulder under rocking of the fingers from said rail.

20. The structure of claim 12 in which there is a frame; a pair oflaterally spaced shafts; said second fingers have ends removed fromtheir free ends rockably carried by said respective shafts, the fingersextending therefrom into said sidelapping arrangement; and membersspaced along and carried by said shafts and engaging said frame to holdthe shafts from bending under said drapery tension.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS788,081 Wolkau Apr. 25, 1905 1,217,874 Matthews et al. Feb. 27, 19172,289,299 Westover July 7, 1942

